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1 sýsla
I)(að; older sýsta, sýstr), v.1) to do, effect (E. konungr hafði mart sýst í landinu, þat er nytsemd var í); with dat., þá er hann hefir sýst eyrendum sínum, when he had done his errand; s. e-t at, to effect (þeir sýstu þat eitt at, at þeir sættust á víg Snorra); var svá til sýst, at, it was so arranged that; s. um e-t, to busy oneself with (hón sýsti um þörf gesta);2) to procure, get (voru honum skjótt sýslaðir hestar).f.1) business, work; hjón sátu þar, héldu á sýslu, busy at their work; ganga um sýslur manna, to go about as an overseer;2) stewardship (hafa sýslu á Hálogalandi);3) district, prefecture; also a diocese.* * *1.að, [Dan. sysle], to be busy, transact business; menn skulu sýsla þat Föstudag hverr vera skal lögsögu-maðr, Grág. i. 1; Ólafr setr upp skip sitt … en er þat er sýslat, Ld. 87; er þ;tta var at sýslat, Al. 123: to procure, s. einn svá góðan mann, MS. 4. 27; sumir sýsla bann ok bölbænir í land várt, Anecd. 12; sýslaði biskup þeim allt lið er hann fékk, Fms. viii. 144; sýsla sínum bræðrum nökkurn kost, Mar.; sér sýslaðan ok sendan, Stj. 250; at þú mættir s. mér nokkura staðfestu, Sturl. i. 209, 210; segl ok akkeri skal til sýsla af bónda fé, Gþl. 81; sýsluðu hvárirtveggi vel í þeiri ferð, made a good job of it, succeeded, Fms. ix. 270.II. reflex., vit skulum sitja á Norðmæri ok freista svá hvat at sýslisk, Fms. i. 53, Hkr. i. 171.2.u, f. business, work; hjón sátu þar, héldu á sýslu, Rm. 14; hygg ek at vér eigim aðrar sýslur en bjór at drekka, Hkv. 1. 17; andlegu verki, jarðligum sýslum, 655 xxvi. 1; hann hafði lokit þeim sýslum er hann vildi, 656 A. 4; var þat siðr hans, at rísa upp árdegis, ok ganga þá um sýslur manna, Eg. 2; fyrir sýslu góðs verks, doing a good work, Hom. 26; ef hann hefir eigi sýslu á (if he has no time, no leisure) at færa barn til skírnar, K. Þ. K. 4:—hence, bú-sýsla, husbandry; um-sýsla, activity, endeavours.II. as a law term, any stewardship held from the king or bishop, also as a geographical term, a district, bailiwick, prefecture; sýslur ok ármenningar um öll þrænda-lög, Hkr. i. 303; Guttormr þvari, hann hafði haft sýslu, Fms. ix. 15; Ólafr sem þá hafði hirðstjórn ok sýslu norðan lands, Dipl. ii. 15; allt til þess er þeir kómu ór sýslu Þóris, Ó. H. 137; skal sýslumaðr lýsa hversu margir údáða-menn urðu í hans sýslu á næstum tólf mánuðum, Gþl. 22; hafa sýslu á Hálogalandi, Eg. 66; þá er hann (the bishop) hafði yfir-för um sýslu sína, a diocese, Bs. i. 140.COMPDS: sýslubréf, sýslufærr, sýslulauss, sýsluleysi, sýslumaðr.B. In local names, Aðal-sýsia, the present Esthonia, Yngl. S.; Ey-sýsla = the present Osel in the Baltic: also simply Sýsla, a Slavon. word = Sysyle in Alfred’s Orosius, a country in eastern Prussia; in Sýslu-kind, the people of Estbonia, Ýt.
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